i am beth stokes, eckective director of episcopal services largest provider of shelter and housing insan francisco. we understand the economic pressures on the nonprofit employees. with two 50 staff to work on the city contracts, we recognize the need for incremental wage increases. an increase of 12.4% is not a cost our organization can absorb. at the increase of $450,000 annually we would like the city continued support for this mandate. thank you. >> and new take lowe, josh goodwin. hello, eve meyer and if there is anyone else that would like to speak, please come on up. >> is that's it for public comment? please hurry if you would like to come for public comment. pull the mic phone

i am beth stokes, eckective director of episcopal services largest provider of shelter and housing insan francisco. we understand the economic pressures on the nonprofit employees. with two 50 staff to work on the city contracts, we recognize the need for incremental wage increases. an increase of 12.4% is not a cost our organization can absorb. at the increase of $450,000 annually we would like the city continued support for this mandate. thank you. >> and new take lowe, josh goodwin. hello, eve meyer and if there is anyone else that would like to speak, please come on up. >> is that's it for public comment? please hurry if you would like to come for public comment. pull the mic phone to your mouth. >> good morning. i am eve meyer with san francisco suicide prevention. i have an audio visual here. this is what i was told that i needed to explain this so the deputies would not stop me. i have a story to tell you. there was a man once who had a horse and he wanted to teach his horse how not to eat. each day he would subtract one straw of hey from the horse's eating trough. every day he

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is beth stokes, executive director of episcopal community services of san francisco. i'm here to express my enthusiastic support for gail gilman. i have had the honor of working alongside her as a colleague for 15 years serving the unhoused and most vulnerable members of this community. the work she has dedicated her life to is extremely challenged yet she has never wavered, day after day she rises.

. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is beth stokes, executive director of episcopal community services of san francisco. i'm here to express my enthusiastic support for gail gilman. i have had the honor of working alongside her as a colleague for 15 years serving the unhoused and most vulnerable members of this community. the work she has dedicated her life to is extremely challenged yet she has never wavered, day after day she rises. overseeing 300 employees, gail has worked to engender the public's trust. it's this hard work she would bring to the port commission. she would also bring a heightened understanding of the community issues that beset small businesses on the waterfront. yet there is also the immeasurable. gail is a tenacious, relentless and courageous fighter for this community [buzzer] [mic cut off] >> supervisor safai: thank you, next speaker. >> [inaudible], a former project manager with community partnership, agency gail leads. i want to offer my full support of gail's nomination as port commissioner. it's likely you all know well who gail gilman is. you also know well